Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 1st June 2014

EverTheOptimist

Hello everyone. Welcome to the Weekly Spend Challenge. This challenge is open to anybody, no matter what financial place they are in. Everyone is welcome here.

On this thread please post an amount of money you wish to stay below within the week (Sunday to end of working day on Friday). This can be pennies or thousands it depends on the individual. Then next Saturday report back and pledge for the following week. The challenge runs from Sunday to Friday so we don't include Saturdays but feel free to change the rules to suit you and include Saturdays or start on a different day.

Feel free to update this thread with daily spends if that keeps you on track. We colour code the results as below:

Green - within budget
Red - over budget
Purple - zero spend
Orange - made money over the week

This is a little bit of fun but for many it highlights the fact that maybe that magazine/chocolate bar isn't needed. Hopefully your spending habits can be changed forever.

Moozie was the founder of this challenge and here is a quote taken from her:

Originally Posted by Moozie:
"Good afternoon lovely DFWs Now for anyone looking in, please feel free to join - the more the merrier! Basically, decide on the amount you want to spend up to from Sunday until the end of the working day on Friday then pledge it here and off we go! The challenge is about incidental spending and not for stuff that should be budgeted elsewhere such as bills, groceries, debt repayment etc but you decide what to include at the end - this is about changing your habits and improving your recording of your spends more than anything else. Have a great week everyone and keep it low!!! Moozie x"

Good Luck Everyone

link to last weeks thread

W/C 25th May challengers / pledges / totals

DD265 - £25.92
Mrs Cheshire - £14 / £13.93

W/C 1st June 2014 challengers / pledges / totals

EverTheOptimist - £25
Mrs Cheshire - £18.50
Keza - £5

EverTheOptimist

Evening everyone

Well my week looks a little like this.

Sunday - NSD (small grocery spend, diff budget)
Monday - NSD - work
Tuesday - NSD - work
Weds - going to London to a posh do with hubby's work. Need to pay train fee (hubby's already paid for do)
Thurs - coming home from London. Poss going for afternoon tea in Oxford, I may offer to pay.
Fri - NSD - work
Sat - newspaper

Total - £25

Mrs_Cheshire

Hi ETO, declaring £13.93/£14 spent last week.
Could you put me down for £18.50 this week please!

Sun- thought I'd need some money for the family fun day, as they had a bouncy castle, face painting etc but it was all free so ended up being a NSD
Mon - NSD
Tues- £3.30
Weds - NSD
Thurs- NSD
Fri - NSD
Sat- Local festival!

keza

Hi All,

sorry im a few days behind!

Mon - NSD
Tues - got some groceries but was a personal money NSD
Wed - NSD (i hope!)
thurs - NSD
fri - getting a takeaway pizza between 3 - £5
Sat - personal NSD but got to get some turf for the garden on house budget
sun - NSD going to a friends DD1 birthday party

hopeing for a cheap one this week as last week was mega expensive with 3 meals for birthdays! :eek:

Mrs_Cheshire

Ended up spending £4.90 on tuesday as I bought toast for the little one!
The rest of the week should be NSD except saturday!

EverTheOptimist

Evening everyone

Well my week looks a little like this.

Sunday - NSD (small grocery spend, diff budget)
Monday - NSD - work - had an emergency at work and had to go to one of the other units, so had to buy lunch. - £3.40
Tuesday - NSD - work :j
Weds - going to London to a posh do with hubby's work. Need to pay train fair (hubby's already paid for do) - hubby was back from work so we drive down at no cost to me. :j:j
Thurs - coming home from London. Poss going for afternoon tea in Oxford, I may offer to pay.
Fri - NSD - work
Sat - newspaper

Total - £3.40/£25

Busymumofthreeplusdog

Sorry guys I've had a tough week after saying goodbye to my lovely old dog. Hoping to be back on track this wk

EverTheOptimist

Oh no I'm sorry to hear that busymumofthreeplusdog.

Mrs_Cheshire

Hi ladies, very quiet last week on here
I ended up spending £8.45 in all on saturday so including my £4.90 from tuesday I'm declaring £13.35/£18.50

Busymumofthreeplusdog

EverTheOptimist wrote: »

Oh no I'm sorry to hear that busymumofhreeplusdog.

Just realised I should change my 'name':(:(

EverTheOptimist

Busymumofthreeplusdog wrote: »

Just realised I should change my 'name':(:(

It made me sad when I was typing it. :(

Well I pretty much spent my budget, had pennies left. So not too bad

Think I'll aim for £20 this week.